Hair-clipper



y (Model.)

v H. A'. GANDRIAN.

. Hair Clipper.

No. 237,090. VPatented Feb. 1,1881.

NPETER!, PHOTO-LITHQGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, DJ).

UNITED STATES HERMAN A. GANDEIAN,

PATENT OFFICEO OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAIR-CLIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,090, dated February 1, 1881.

Application filed July 26, 1880. (Model.)

To all lwhom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN A. CANDRIAN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hair-Clippers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

- The object I have in view is to produce means whereby the clippers most generally used by barbers forcutting hair oft close to the scalp can be conveniently adapted to cut hair different lengths, which means will be simple, cheap, easily applied, and will not necessitate any change in the con struction of the clippers.

The device is especially adapted for Clarks barber-clippers, but can be used on any other clippers of similar construction, and can also be employed to advantage on clippers for horses, or other like purposes.

My invention consists, principally, in providing hair-clippers having stationary and reciprocating cutting-combs with one or more removable comb-plates adapted to be secured against the stationary cutting-comb of thev clippers, so as to increase the thickness of the same; and, further, in `the..p\eculiar manner of securing the additional comb'platepr plates to the clippers,A and `in" the several vu`ovel. features of construction `"involved in my remov-` able comb-plates, all as fully hereinafter explained, and pointedoptby the claims. y

In the accompanyiugrlrawings, forming a part hereof, Figure l is a perspective 'view ot' hair-clippers with one of myremovablecomb;

plates attached; Fig. 2, a top View of the re`V`V movable comb-plate detached; Fig. 3, a sectional view of the removable comb-plate; Fig. 4, a side elevation of one size of the removable comb-plate, and Fig. 5 an elevation of a largersized comb-plate.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in all the gures. f

The clippers are of the usual construction. They have a stationary cutting-comb, A, and a reciprocating cutting-comb, B, which slides between the stationary cutting-comb and a plate, C, above, secured to the stationary cutting-comb by bolts. The clippers are worked by the handles, as will be readily understood. These clippers are only adapted for cutting the hair one length. To adapt them for cutting two or more lengths, I employ one or more removable comb-plates D, which are the same width as the stationary cutting-comb A, and have comb-teeth a corresponding to those of the stationary comb A. rIhe teeth a of each comb-plate D, when such comb-plate is in position on the clippers, project upwardlyinfront of the teeth of the cutting-comb A, as shown by b, so as to guide the hair into the teeth of the cutting-combs, and preventing the same from catching between the ends of the teeth a and those of the stationary cutting-comb.

The removable comb-plate D is secured to the clippers by spring-clips E at the sides thereof, which spring-clips press upon the plate C of the clippers. 'lo avoid passing bolts through the comb-plate, the spring-clips E are made from a single strip, F, of spring metal, which strip is filed otf at its center to form bevel edges c. The strip is then laid in a groove, d, cast across the upper side of the comb-plate, and is rigidly secured by hammering the metal of the com b-plate over upon the bevel edges ofthe spring-strip, as shown at d', Figs. 2 and 3.

The teeth a of the comb-plate are cut away on their upper sides, e, between the upwardlyprojecting points b and the upper surface of thebody of the comb-plate, so as to leave a spacebetween the teeth ofthe removable combplate and those of the stationary cutting-comb, to allow any hairsthat may work in between the teeth to pull out easily and. without catching.

the upper surface of the removable combplatcfcloselto the teeth a, are cast two or more small lugs ffwhich project upwardly between the teeth of the cutting-comb A and-keep the removable comb-plate in position.`

I propose to make two or more tliick-nses IOO the same distance apart, the lugs f bringing the teeth in line with each other and determining the lateral position of the removable combplates.

The upwardly-projecting point b of teeth a, besides performing the oice before stated, also protect the teeth of the clippers from being accidentally broken.

l. A comb-plate adapted to be removably secured to hair-clippers, to increase the thickness of the stationary cutting-comb of such hair-clippers, substantially as described. 

